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Books · Nov 2025

Girls Play Dead: A Murder, a Memoir

Jen Percy

A chilling investigation into the 1990 murder of Keri Sullivan, exploring the cultural obsession with violence against women, the failures of the justice system, and the psychological toll on survivors and investigators.

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Books · Jan 2024

The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice

Elizabeth Flock

Emmy Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Flock's groundbreaking investigative work exploring what few dare to confront: the role and necessity of female-led violence when institutional protections completely fail. Through three immersive narratives of real women who fought back, this book challenges us to rethink what justice, self-defense, and women's safety truly mean.

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Books · Jan 2024

Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America

Francisca Pou Giménez, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Verónica Undurraga Valdés

A comparative constitutional study of gender equality, women's rights, and LGBTQIA+ subordination across Latin American jurisdictions.

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Books · Sep 2023

Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom

Marcie Bianco

Culture writer Marcie Bianco boldly argues that 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women's systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism - with a plan to transform the movement.

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Books · Mar 2023

Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide

Hawon Jung

Former AFP Seoul correspondent Hawon Jung provides a firsthand account from the frontlines of South Korea's feminist movement, documenting how tens of thousands of Korean women sparked a MeToo wave, ended abortion bans, fought spycam crimes, and shattered Western stereotypes of 'docile' Asian women. Named one of The Economist's Best Books of 2023.

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Books · Jan 2023

A Woman's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice

Felicia Kornbluh

Through the personal experiences of historian Felicia Kornbluh's mother and neighbor, this book reveals the untold story of two grassroots movements in New York that transformed American reproductive rights politics - the fight to decriminalize abortion and the struggle against sterilization abuse.

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Books · Mar 2019

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Perez

A shocking exposé into how the world is designed for men as the 'default,' systematically ignoring women's data. Spanning healthcare, technology, urban planning, and economics, Caroline Criado Perez reveals how invisible data bias seriously impacts women's health, safety, and lives.

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Books · May 2017

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's Rewriting the StoryAngela Saini

A ground-breaking investigation into how deep-seated gender bias has permeated the scientific community, leading to long-standing 'scientific' misconceptions about women's capabilities. Spanning biology, psychology, and anthropology, Angela Saini reveals the true nature of women supported by the latest research.

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Books · Oct 2013

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

The moving memoir of the girl who fought for her right to education and survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age fifteen. A powerful record of life in Pakistan's Swat Valley, family bonds, and the courage of an individual standing against extremist oppression.

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Books · Mar 2013

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

A transformative call to action for women worldwide from former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. By addressing leadership in the workplace, the balance of domestic labor, and the affirmation of personal ambition, Sandberg ignited a global 'Lean In' movement that serves as a modern business bible for women.

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Books · Jan 2013

Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

Cristina Motta, Macarena Sáez

Through rulings on citizenship, family, health, property, and violence, this casebook examines how Latin American courts expand or restrict women’s and LGBTI rights.

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Books · Jan 2010

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness connects punishment, gender, race, and community safety, strengthening FemRes coverage of abolition feminism and transformative justice.

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Books · Aug 2006

Transgender Rights

Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, and Shannon Price Minter

This anthology maps transgender civil rights through law, history, public policy, employment, family, healthcare, and movement strategy.

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Books · Jan 2000

Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America

Elizabeth Dore, Maxine Molyneux

A historical collection on gender, state formation, citizenship, family, law, and power in Latin America.

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Books · Oct 1994

The Women's Movement in Latin America

Jane S. Jaquette

A comparative study of women's movement participation, democratization, and political change in Latin America.

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Books · Jan 1792

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

A groundbreaking work in the history of feminist thought, one of the first to systematically advocate for women's rights and educational equality.